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How it all went right: The great Brexit wound has almost healed
The great Brexit divide seems to have mended since the election
Brexit ruined our social lives. Can we now kiss and make up?
Remainers’ anger has subsided, but this is an uneasy peace
China’s response to coronavirus shows a one-party state in action
The handling of the coronavirus shows a one-party state in action
Britain needs to rediscover failure if it wants to prosper
Britain needs to rediscover trial and error, serendipity and speed
The comfort of building your own coffin
The rise of ‘coffin clubs’
The agony of Brexit – for us Germans
We Germans have been in denial about Brexit
It’s time for the word ‘Continental’ to make a comeback
How the word lost its glamour
The whole of China is in an eerie state of shutdown
Shanghai ‘Do you want me to scan your temperature?’ asks the receptionist, brandishing an infrared thermometer. Arriving at my hotel…
Why does Big Ben bong on the radio before it does in real life?
The debate over whether Big Ben should bong to mark Brexit isn’t the first time the famous bell has caused…
Le bromance: Macron has fallen under Boris’s spell
Macron has fallen under Boris’s spell
The latest fad: eating your way to better mental health
The latest fad involves eating your way to better mental health
Ten years on, the Arab Spring has only benefited the Islamists
Ten years on, the Arab Spring’s legacy is hopelessness and helplessness
Upstream struggle: we are running out of time to save Britain’s salmon
In a few years’ time, there could be no more wild salmon in Britain
Torture a Tory, make him an MEP? Not any more
‘Epiphany.’ That was the word that Robert Rowland, soon-to-be-ex-MEP for the Brexit party, used to describe his discovery of the…
Inhuman resources: when did job-hunting become such an ordeal?
When did job-hunting become such an ordeal?
Will Kent conquer Champagne?
Driving home through Kent the other day, I was struck by how much the topography has changed. When I was…
Is slimming down the monarchy the only way to save it?
The crisis that has engulfed the royal family, sparked by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell announcement that they…
Warring Windsors: the real royal conflict is between Charles and his sons
Three years ago, Sir Christopher Geidt departed as the Queen’s private secretary. For years, he had done much to hold…
The people’s decade: how will history come to define the 2010s?
The 1960s were swinging. The 1970s were stagflationary. In the 1980s we made loadsamoney and greed was good. The 1990s…
Can Leo Varadkar defy the odds to win another term as Taoiseach?
Back in October, Boris Johnson and the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met for ‘last-ditch’ Brexit talks at a hotel on the…
Cressida Bonas: Everyone seems to have very strong opinions about my wedding
White House Farm began last week on ITV; a six-part factual drama about the notorious murders. I play Sheila Caffell,…
‘A perfect knight’: Remembering Roger Scruton
Daniel Hannan Roger Scruton changed the course of my life. He addressed my school’s philosophy society when I was 16,…
I spent Christmas Day helping the homeless – and I was bored out of my mind
When I told friends that I would be spending Christmas Day helping the homeless at a Crisis at Christmas centre…
What is the only London Underground station to share no letters with ‘mackerel’?
Don’t worry, this isn’t a piece about fishing quotas. It’s about the word ‘mackerel’ itself. Specifically, the fact that St…
Donald Trump has just blown up his goal of isolating Iran
A blood-red flag was raised over the Jamkaran mosque in the Iranian holy city of Qom last week, one normally…
